Blackfeather Woods I've been walking out all on my own

sorry i'm the worst and let this go for so long. would you be up for wrapping it up?

Taki shook her head, her eyes closed against the polarity of her emotions in that moment—fear and warmth, anger and love. She had spent how many weeks waiting for him to return and here he finally was, but he was badly injured. It was as though she could never have exactly what she wanted; her happiness always came with conditions or exceptions. There is no need to make it up to me, she told him, softly. It is not your fault and I am not angry with you. I am just glad you are finally here.

You should rest, she told him. We can deal with everything else after that. In the meantime, she had no plans to leave his side. Nothing could make her.